Abstract: A user equipment includes a positioning unit which is configured to determine a relative position of the user equipment within a reference coordinate system that is defined with respect to a vehicle. The user equipment further includes a processor configured to selectively enable or disable a user access to at least some features of in-vehicle entertainment and/or control based on the determined relative position.

Abstract: A user interface is configured to control a vehicle control system. The user interface comprises a first touch pad on a back side of a steering wheel of a vehicle. The user interface further comprises a second touch pad arranged on the back side of the steering wheel. The user interface further comprises a processor which is configured to detect a first gesture on the first touch pad and a second gesture on the second touch pad in a correlated manner. The processor is further configured to generate at least one control message for the vehicle control system based on a first gesture and based on a second gesture.

Abstract: A user interface is configured to control a vehicle control system. The user interface comprises a first touch pad on a back side of a steering wheel of a vehicle. The user interface further comprises a second touch pad arranged on the back side of the steering wheel. The user interface further comprises a processor which is configured to detect a first gesture on the first touch pad and a second gesture on the second touch pad in a correlated manner. The processor is further configured to generate at least one control message for the vehicle control system based on a first gesture and based on a second gesture.

Abstract: A media player device including a tuner for receiving audio or television broadcast signals (or both) is described herein. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention the media player device comprises a data storage unit which includes a file system. The file system includes a plurality of files, each of which represents a broadcast frequency. The media player device further includes a user interface, a tuner which is tunable to a selectable broadcast frequency, and a controller unit that is coupled to the tuner as well as to the file system and the user interface to enable a user to select a file. The controller unit is configured to tune the tuner to a broadcast frequency corresponding to a selected one of the files.

Abstract: A microphone link system comprises a microphone that coverts an acoustic sound signal into an electrical sound signal, a slave unit that receives the electrical sound signal, a master unit, and a bus connecting the slave unit to the master unit. The slave unit comprises an analog-to-digital converter that converts the electrical sound signal into a digital sound signal; a signal processor that receives and processes the digital sound signal into a data signal; and a bus interface connected between the signal processor and the bus. The bus interface provides to the slave unit electrical power taken from the bus, sends the data signal to the master unit via the bus and receives from and sends to the master unit control signals via the bus.